I have been painting throughout the pandemic. Here are my subjects:
- Landscapes – originally following Bob Ross tutorials, then other “wet on wet” tutorials and, after hundreds of hours and many mistakes, on my own.
- Seascapes and Deserts – After following some tutorials, I have branched out to freehand painting from my imagination
- The Forest – I walk Wiggles on the Raleigh Greenway path through the forest every morning. This has become my inspiration for forests, sunrises, swamps, dead trees and more.
- Sailboats – A favorite subject of mine.
All of my paintings are impressionistic. I like soft edges, blurred lines and hinted images.
Occasionally I’ll do an expressionistic abstract painting. Usually this is when I want to bang out something quick and colorful purely for fun. Often these are paint-overs of paintings I didn’t like and cannot rescue.
Other times, I’ll be thinking random thoughts when walking the dog or swimming and will get inspired to paint something based on the skyline, a tree, a color for a feeling.
I’ve now got over 70 paintings bringing color into my life.
When my wife died, all the color in my life died with her.
I never expected it would come back.
